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August 27, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — San Jose, CA, USA

Aug 27, 2026 at 9:12 pm
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Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in San Jose, California
Begins: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 7:35 pm
Maximum: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 9:12 pm 0.930 Magnitude
Ends: Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 12:01 am
Duration: 4 hours, 26 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

August 27–28, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse — San Jose

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in San Jose. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (PDT) for San Jose.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:23 pm Thu, Aug 27Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 92°
-14.7°
7:33 pm Thu, Aug 27Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 102°
-0.5°
7:35 pm Thu, Aug 27RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-southeast 102°
-0.2°
9:12 pm Thu, Aug 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 117°
17.1°
10:51 pm Thu, Aug 27
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 137°
32.7°
12:01 am Fri, Aug 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 156°
40.4°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

During this partial lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covers only parts of the Moon, as seen from San Jose. There are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears completely covered during this event. The Earth's shadow covers a large portion of the Moon, so this is still a nice sight.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in San Jose

Eclipse Visibility From San JoseVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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